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    There are three degrees of comparison: positive, comparative, and superlative. The positive degree compares two things as equals. The comparative degree compares two things that are not equal. The superlative degree compares one thing to two or more other things. Different patterns are used for adjectives of one or two syllables versus more than two syllables. For each degree of comparison, examples are provided of its pattern and use. Notes cover specific rules for forming comparisons of adjectives ending in certain suffixes or letters. Exercises provide opportunities to practice the comparative and superlative degrees.

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    There are three degrees of comparison: positive, comparative, and superlative. The positive degree compares two things as equals. The comparative degree compares two things that are not equal. The superlative degree compares one thing to two or more other things. Different patterns are used for adjectives of one or two syllables versus more than two syllables. For each degree of comparison, examples are provided of its pattern and use. Notes cover specific rules for forming comparisons of adjectives ending in certain suffixes or letters. Exercises provide opportunities to practice the comparative and superlative degrees.

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    There are three degrees of comparison: positive, comparative, and superlative. The positive degree compares two things as equals. The comparative degree compares two things that are not equal. The superlative degree compares one thing to two or more other things. Different patterns are used for adjectives of one or two syllables versus more than two syllables. For each degree of comparison, examples are provided of its pattern and use. Notes cover specific rules for forming comparisons of adjectives ending in certain suffixes or letters. Exercises provide opportunities to practice the comparative and superlative degrees.

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    There are three degrees of comparison: positive, comparative, and superlative. The positive degree compares two things as equals. The comparative degree compares two things that are not equal. The superlative degree compares one thing to two or more other things. Different patterns are used for adjectives of one or two syllables versus more than two syllables. For each degree of comparison, examples are provided of its pattern and use. Notes cover specific rules for forming comparisons of adjectives ending in certain suffixes or letters. Exercises provide opportunities to practice the comparative and superlative degrees.

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    COMPARISON DEGREE

    THERE ARE THREE KINDS OF COMPARISON:


    1. POSITIVE DEGREE
    2. COMPARATIVE DEGREE
    3.SUPERLATIVE DEGREE

     Positive Degree → is used o compare two thinks that


    are equal.
    The pattern :
    S + to be + as + adj + as
    S + verb + as + adv + as
    Examples
    1. My book is as interesting as yours
    2. His car runs as fast as a race car
    3. Their house is as big as that one
     Comparative Degree → is used to compare two
    things that are not equal.

    The Pattern for 1 or 2 syllable


    S + to be + adj + er + than
    S + verb + adv + er + than
    Examples
    1. Today is hotter than yesterday
    2. Bill runs faster than Bob
    3. This exercise is easier than the last one
    4. This book is more expensive than that one

    The pattern for more than two syllables


    S + to be + more + adj + than
    S + verb + more + adv + than
    Examples
    1. This red dress is more comfortable than the white
    2. He speaks Spanish more fluently than I
    3. This year’s exhibit is more impressive than the last year’s
    4. He visits his family more frequently than she does

    • Superlative Degree→ is used to compare one thing with


    two or more other things.
    The pattern for 1 or 2 syllable
    S + to be + the + adj + est
    S + verb + the + adv + est
    Examples
    5. John is the tallest boy in the family
    2. He works the hardest employee of all the employee in this office.
    The pattern for more than two syllables
    S + to be + the most + adj
    S + verb + the most + adv
    Examples
    1. That was the most boring film I have ever seen
    2. Sally dances the most gracefully of all the participant

    NOTE
    * Use the form more + adjective for adjective ending in the
    following suffixes: -ed, -ful, -ing, -ish and ous (more
    useful, more boring, more cautious)
    * When an adjective ends in a consonant +y, change the y
    to i and add –er or - est (happy-happier/ the happiest, dry-drier/the
    driest) and for –some, - ow and add –er or -est (handsomer/the
    handsomest, narrower/the narrowest)
    POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
    Bad Worse The worst
    Far Farther The Farthest
    Further The Furthest
    Good Better The best
    Well Better the best
    Little Less The least
    much/many more The most
    For example
    1. His behavior is as bad (bad) as his brother’s.
    2. New York has the most (many) tall buildings of any city in the
    world
    3. She knits as good (good) as her mother
    4. Alisa plays the violin better (good) than the other violinist
    Exercises
    1. You can tell Harris about it just ____(easily) as I can.
    2. That tall woman is _____ (ambitious) secretary in this
    house.
    3. Pierre understands English _____ (little) of all the students
    4. He plays guitar _____ (well) as Andre Segovia.
    5. Nobody is _______ (happy) than Maria Elen
    6. Brazil export ____ (much) coffee of all the American
    countries

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